Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker)

RE: Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker) Post By sara (Guest Post) (06/27/2006) I have a smoothie maker and I love it. It crushes ice a lot better than my blender, and I have a powerful blender! I hardly use my regular blender at all anymore. I would recommend it if you have room to store it. RE: Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker) Post by Debbie52 (656) | (06/27/2006) Profile | Contact Well, here's another point of view. My almost 30 yr old blender finally bit the dust so instead of replacing with another blender. I bought a smoothie machine. I figure I can use that for anything I would have done in the blender....most anything. I never used my blender much anyway and I also have one of those hand blenders if I need to use for a gravy or sauce or something. My machine was only $29 at Wal-Mart. It has a powerful motor, even so, I put crushed ice in it since I have the crushed setting on my in the door ice /water dispenser on the frig. I like the large capacity that the smoothie maker has. I used it a lot when I first got it and now it's stayed in the cupboard a while. I need to get it out and use again. The kids really enjoyed the yummy drinks I made just as much as I did! I'm sure you can use a regular blender for smoothies and frozen drinks but the smoothie type blenders are not expensive and if you have the room to store it, why not? RE: Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker) Post by Lynn Beth (51) | (06/27/2006) Contact I completely agree a quality blender is a better investment. I don't have enough room in my kitchen to have things that only perform one job each. Multi-tasking tools are the only way to go! RE: Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker) Post By (Guest Post) (06/24/2006) Everyone here is right-use a blender. I use mine every day for a protein shake in the AM RE: Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker) Post by Joankay (102) | (06/24/2006) Contact I agree with IMAQT - the blender is great for making smoothies - just add ice with your other ingredients. I use frozen fruit - strawberries, blueberries, etc. and it works very well. I can't see any point in getting a frozen drink maker. RE: Smoothie Maker Reviews (frozen drink maker) Post By IMAQT1962 (Guest Post) (06/23/2006) IF YOU WANT SMOOTHIES OR FROZEN COFFEE DRINKS A BLENDER WILL WORK JUST AS WELL AS A SMOOTHIE MACHINE AND A BLENDER CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS. I PERSONALLY CAN'T SEE INVESTING IN A MACHINE THAT MAKES ONLY SMOOTHIES AND I CAN'T USE IT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE,BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION